cover image: Formula for a European Health Deal - Essential recommendations for policymakers - We're not reinventing the wheel here. The EU needs to honour its 2020 Chemical Strategy for Sustainability. These existing

Formula for a European Health Deal - Essential recommendations for policymakers - We're not reinventing the wheel here. The EU needs to honour its 2020 Chemical Strategy for Sustainability. These existing

8 Jul 2024

Present a new EU Action Plan to protect citizens from Apply a preventative approach across all legislations: pollution: to improve materials and products’ safety and the so-called ‘generic approach to risk management’ circularity, the EU should update timelines for legislative (hazard-based approach) is still the best to ban most proposals and amend existing laws as outlined in the harmful substan. [...] Ensure polluters pay, remove harmful subsidies, Continue implementing the EU’s Restrictions Roadmap: and control waste management facilities, particularly via a swiftly ban the prioritised harmful substances and groups of moratorium on incinerators and promotion of alternative hazardous chemicals, unless their use is essential for society. [...] Reuse and recycling must Recognise the need to rethink chemistry for a circular go hand in hand with well-proven safety from a chemical economy: simplifying the number of chemicals used in perspective. [...] dorota@zerowasteeurope.eu Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is the European network of communities, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards a better use of resources and the elimination of waste in our society. [...] We advocate for sustainable systems; for the redesign of our relationship with resources; and for a global shift towards environmental justice, accelerating a just transition towards zero waste for the benefit of people and the planet.
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